A szlovákiai és a magyar általános iskolai tantervek összehasonlító vizsgálata a DIFER-készségek fejlesztése szempontjából
A comparative study of the Slovak and Hungarian primary school curricula from the point of view of the development of DIFER ski

Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the school curriculum documents in Hungary and Slovakia. The comparative analysis covered the Slovak National programme for Development of Education, the Hungarian National Core Curriculum and the framework curriculas. Development tasks and content requirements for grades 1-2 were analysed. The research question focused on whether there is a difference in the manifestation of DIFER (Diagnostic System for Assessing Development) skills in the national curriculas of the two countries. Earlier studies show that these DIFER skills are very important for school learning. The analysis of the curriculas was carried out on the basis of general criterias and also a special set of criterias which related to the DIFER skills. It was found that these two countries have both state and local curriculums, however, there are substantial differences in the documents. The most striking difference was found in the content of the educational requirements of the school subjects. In the Slovak curriculum, educational standards define school subject objectives as well as performance and content requirements. In addition to school subject goals, Hungary also determines the development of specific competences within the given school subject. Special aspects related to DIFER skills were found in the Hungarian documents, in the overall goals and development requirements. In the Slovak curriculum, the development of DIFER skills is embedded in the content of the school subjects, in the form of requirements. Although the improvement of DIFER skills is of prime importance, none of the country’s curricula devotes sufficient emphasis to it.

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